Invalid-bedstead



INVENTOR: 4 BY r C i) ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 18,1881.

G. B. DAVIS.

INVALID BEDSTEAD.

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NY PETERS. FhnXc-blhagmpher. 115m nc.

lJNiT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE -B. DAVIS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

lNVALlD-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,409, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed August 16, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE l5. DAVIS, of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Invalid-Bedstead, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved invalid-bedstead, so constructed that the head, back, and legs of the occupant can be raised and lowered very couveniently, and suitable vessels can be used with the mattress for the relief of the patient.

The invention consists in a bed provided with a pivoted leg and foot support and with a pivoted back and head support, having its free end supported by powerful springs, which can be compressed by suitable devices when the head-rest is to be lowered. The mattress has an aperture closed by a pivoted pad or cushion, which is operated by a pivoted lever, so that it can be removed when a suitable vessel is to be passed into the opening in the mattress, for the relief of the patient, which vessel is attached to a vertically-sliding transverse bar of the bedstead.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved invalid-bedstead. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line 3 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The bedstead A is constructed with a pivoted or swinging head and back rest, B, the outer or free end of which is supported by one or more powerful springs, O, which have sufficient strength to hold the pivoted back-rest A in an inclined position even if the patient rests thereon.

A strap, D, is attached to the outer end of the pivoted rest B, passes over a pulley or roller, E, at the bottom of the bedsteadframe, and is passed through a buckle, F. By means of the strap D the springs O O can be compressed more or1essthatis,theinclination of the headand-back rest B can be varied, and it can be held in the desired position by means of this strap. The foot-rest G is also pivoted, and can be raised and lowered or held at any desired inclination by means of a rope or strap, H, and is locked in position by a hook, H.

A mattress, J, rests and is fastened on the head and foot rests B and G, and on the intermediate rigid part, K, of the bedstead. This rigid part K of the bedstead-frame is provided with an aperture, L, also extending through the mattress, as shown.

A pad or cushion, S, fitting closely in the aperture or opening L, is attached to the free end ofa lever, M, pivoted to the under side of the part K, and resting on a pivoted transverse lever, N, projecting through a longitudinal slot in the side of the bedstead-frame.

A receptacle, 0, for receiving a chamber or other suitable vessel, is attached to the top of a cross-b11131, sliding vertically on the guidebar Q in such a manner that the receptacle 0 will pass into the aperture or opening L.

The cross-bar P is provided with a vertical bar, R, passing through a slot in the rigid part K, and serving to raise and lower the crossbar P.

The head and foot rests can be adjusted very rapidly and easily, and it the patient wishes to relieve himself the leverN is turned inthe direction of the arrow at, thus permitting the cushion or pad S to drop, as indicated by the arrow b. Then the cross bar P is raised to bring the receptacle 0 into the opening L. After the bar P has been lowered again, the lever N is turned in the inverse direction of the arrow a, for ihe purpose of raising the pad or cushion S into the opening L.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent 1. In an invalid-bedstead, the combination, with the pivoted head and back rest B, of the springs O, the strap D, and the buckle F, or equivalent, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an invalid-bedstead, the combination, with the mattress J, having an opening, L, of the cushion or pad S, the pivoted lever M, and the pivoted transverse lever N, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

a hinged back and head rest supported by 10 springs, a hinged foot and leg rest, and a. mattress with an opening for receiving a vessel, as set forth.

GEORGE BERNARD DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. WILLIS, WM. HANCOCK. 

